News of the European Commission Directorate General Climate Action http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/index_en.htm en Copyright 2010-2011 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/images/banners/rss_banner_en.png http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/index_en.htm 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 21 22 23 60 18 Jun 2013 17:30:58 +0100 New vans (light commercial vehicles, or LCVs) monitored in the European Union last year emitted an average of 180.3g carbon dioxide (CO2) per kilometre, according to provisional monitoring data published today. The fleet average target to be fully achieved in 2017 is 175g CO2/km... 18 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013061802_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013061802_en.htm Jos Delbeke, the European Commission's Director-General for Climate Action, participated in the European Steel Day conference on 16 May in Brussels. His remarks are available below... 17 May 2013 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013051602_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013051602_en.htm The European Commission today took the first step towards developing a 2030 framework for EU climate change and energy policies. Its Green Paper launches a public consultation on the content of the 2030 framework. The Commission also published a Consultative Communication on the future of carbon capture and storage... 27 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013032701_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013032701_en.htm Today Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action, launches a low-carbon contest, calling on creative and innovative minds from across the EU to put their green initiatives to the test. The World You Like Challenge is part of the European Commission's climate action campaign: A world you like... 11 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013021101_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013021101_en.htm Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, made the following statement about today's agreement by European Union leaders on the EU budget for 2014-2020... 08 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013020801_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013020801_en.htm The European Commission today adopted a proposal for a new Environment Action Programme, which will provide an overarching framework for EU environment and climate policy up to 2020. The proposal aims to enhance Europe's ecological resilience and transform the EU into an inclusive and sustainable green economy.... 29 Nov 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112901_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112901_en.htm The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns today that the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions are still much too high to meet the agreed international goal of holding global warming below 2°C... 21 Nov 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112101_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112101_en.htm Changes in consumer behaviour can lead to big reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, particularly in the areas of transport, housing and food. This has been confirmed by a study for the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action conducted by the research organisations CE Delft,... 24 Oct 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012102402_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012102402_en.htm Under the slogan A world you like. With a climate you like, the European Commission today launched a pan-European communication campaign with the support of more than 70 organisations from across Europe. The campaign seeks to put practical solutions at the centre of the climate change debate and demonstrate how... 08 Oct 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012100801_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012100801_en.htm On 29 June, the Commission presented its proposal for the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework. The proposal affects all policies: agriculture, cohesion policy, research and development, etc. The Commission's aim is to adapt EU spending to today's and tomorrow's big issues like: growth, education and research,... 25 Jul 2011 09:42:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011070101_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011070101_en.htm On 22 June the European Commission made its proposal for an Energy Efficiency Directive, which brings forward measures to step up Member States efforts to use energy more efficiently at all stages of the energy chain – from the transformation of energy and its distribution to its final consumption... 04 Jul 2011 10:57:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011062301_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011062301_en.htm The European Commission today adopted a Roadmap for transforming the European Union into a competitive low carbon economy by 2050. The Roadmap describes the cost-effective pathway to reach the EU's objective of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% of 1990 levels by 2050. Based on the cost-effectiveness analysis... 08 Mar 2011 16:30:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011030801_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011030801_en.htm The European Commission launched on 27 October 2010 a public consultation on a Roadmap for a low carbon economy by 2050, running until 8 December 2010 and aiming at gathering views from stakeholders and the public on how to "decarbonise" the European economy... 04 Apr 2011 11:42:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010102701_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010102701_en.htm